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“President Trump, who considers himself a master deal maker, has never made any secret of his belief that the secret to winning at negotiation is to keep the other side…
Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) and his allies are planning to spend roughly $10 million in the next four weeks, Axios reports. Cornyn is targeting Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton and…
FBI Director Kash Patel is heading to Tucson, Arizona, as President Trump deploys federal resources to find “Today” show co-host Savannah Guthrie’s mother, Axios reports. Save to Favorites
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) announced he will not seek reelection, ending his congressional career after more than a decade and adding to the ranks of Republicans declining to run for…
“Democrats’ drive to reach a deal to put new restrictions on immigration-enforcement agents is running into a Republican brick wall, with lawmakers in both parties saying an agreement looks increasingly…
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President Trump said that he thinks his administration needs to employ a “softer touch” in carrying out its mass deportation campaign in Minnesota, just hours after he ordered the withdrawal…
Steve Bannon said that he wants to see ICE officers “surround the polls” during November’s midterm elections, The Hill reports. Said Bannon: “We’re going to have ICE surround the polls…
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “is set to endorse Gov. Kathy Hochul’s reelection run this week, providing her a critical inroad with progressive voters in New York,” Politico reports….
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Vice President JD Vance was interviewed by the Daily Mail: REPORTER: Do you plan to apologize to the family of Alex Pretti? VANCE: For what? REPORTER: For labeling him an…
Former prince Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor was booted out of Royal Lodge in dead of night to begin exile after King Charles became “concerned” by a new flood of Jeffrey Epstein claims…
While the Washington Post is slashing more than a third of its staff, the New York Times says the company is soaring — adding a stunning 1.4 million digital subscribers…
“The Supreme Court on Wednesday allowed California to use a new voter-approved congressional map that is favorable to Democrats in this year’s elections, rejecting a last-ditch plea from state Republicans…
A new Quinnipiac poll finds just 37% of voters approve of the way Donald Trump is handling his job as president, while 56% disapprove. On Trump’s handling of the economy,…
A new Quinnipiac poll finds 61% of voters think President Trump and his top officials have not given an honest account of the killing of Alex Pretti in Minneapolis and…
“With nine days until the Department of Homeland Security runs out of money, any bipartisan deal to avoid a shutdown looks incredibly unlikely,” Punchbowl News reports. Save to Favorites
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Taegan Goddard is the founder of Political Wire, one of the earliest and most influential political web sites. He also runs Political Job Hunt, Electoral Vote Map and the Political Dictionary.
Goddard spent more than a decade as managing director and chief operating officer of a prominent investment firm in New York City. Previously, he was a policy adviser to a U.S. Senator and Governor.
Goddard is also co-author of You Won - Now What? (Scribner, 1998), a political management book hailed by prominent journalists and politicians from both parties. In addition, Goddard's essays on politics and public policy have appeared in dozens of newspapers across the country.
Goddard earned degrees from Vassar College and Harvard University. He lives in New York with his wife and three sons.
Goddard is the owner of Goddard Media LLC.
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